Inktober - Day 3 : Brush Inking And Ink Wash

Inktober - Day 3 : brush inking and ink wash

Lena is all fancied up in some sort of shiro-lolita type outfit. Oh dear, is it time to cheat and do a dolly-style picture already? (Yes, it is. I was so tired yesterday I fell asleep on my desk.) I tried to make it a bit less of a cop out by inking it with a brush and trying some ink wash.

you guys! my sister ponymonster is selling her leftover convention stock, she has some really cute stuff up on her etsy store. please take a look and help her out! i’ve been using the starters zipper bag as my pencil case for a while now haha.

in other news i handed in my first year film today ( \ ; v ;)/ i’m so happy it’s done…expect hemlock pages soon now that i’m free for summer.

I’ve been working on some illustrations for The Spook’s Apprentice to put in my portfolio, since my book illustrations are a bit scant at the moment.

Originally I planned to use my gel pen for finer hatching like I usually do, but I have some older pieces done that way that I’m still pleased with, so I tried thicker hatching using my mapping pen instead. I think it looks pretty good so far. I’m also trying to be a bit more creative with composition. I’ll probably do three full page illustrations and three insets, and then pick the best ones out of those.

Inktober 2015 - Day 8 : ink and water Sweetpea is having fun with the autumn leaves on his tree.

I wish I’d had time to do a better background, but this will do I suppose. Sweetpea himself looks pretty cute even with a lazy background.

Some more pictures from before I fell off the face of the earth. I’ve had trouble with my eyes for a year or so now, and at one point I tried to draw what it felt like in the hopes of finding out what was wrong. Turns out I was just going short-sighted, and had noticed about 18 months before I needed a prescription (the prescription is still only half a dioptre), it’s nice to finally know what was happening. My small sketchbook was apparently the only paper I had to hand at some point, since I seem to have written notes on it.

I just realised my last two pictures from Inktober 2014 didn’t post! Oh no! I can’t have that, it’ll bother me forever.

Here’s Inktober day 30 - mapping pen

Featuring Ely’s long, disgusting toenails, long, disgusting fingernails and long, disgusting hair.